From 8642da98f386b699a9abca62935630e77e4775e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ankit Sridhar <36269838+ankitsridhar16@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 01:20:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add position intent to PlaceOrderRequest (#294)

* chore: added position intent to entities.go

* chore: added position intent to PlaceOrderRequest type

* chore: moved side constants below type declaration
---
 alpaca/entities.go |  9 +++++++++
 alpaca/rest.go     | 31 ++++++++++++++++---------------
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/alpaca/entities.go b/alpaca/entities.go
index d94cfc8..9c367a4 100644
--- a/alpaca/entities.go
+++ b/alpaca/entities.go
@@ -210,6 +210,15 @@ const (
 	Sell Side = "sell"
 )
 
+type PositionIntent string
+
+const (
+	BuyToOpen   PositionIntent = "buy_to_open"
+	BuyToClose  PositionIntent = "buy_to_close"
+	SellToOpen  PositionIntent = "sell_to_open"
+	SellToClose PositionIntent = "sell_to_close"
+)
+
 type OrderType string
 
 const (
diff --git a/alpaca/rest.go b/alpaca/rest.go
index f8eb5b1..00a2a61 100644
--- a/alpaca/rest.go
+++ b/alpaca/rest.go
@@ -518,21 +518,22 @@ func (c *Client) GetOrders(req GetOrdersRequest) ([]Order, error) {
 }
 
 type PlaceOrderRequest struct {
-	Symbol        string           `json:"symbol"`
-	Qty           *decimal.Decimal `json:"qty"`
-	Notional      *decimal.Decimal `json:"notional"`
-	Side          Side             `json:"side"`
-	Type          OrderType        `json:"type"`
-	TimeInForce   TimeInForce      `json:"time_in_force"`
-	LimitPrice    *decimal.Decimal `json:"limit_price"`
-	ExtendedHours bool             `json:"extended_hours"`
-	StopPrice     *decimal.Decimal `json:"stop_price"`
-	ClientOrderID string           `json:"client_order_id"`
-	OrderClass    OrderClass       `json:"order_class"`
-	TakeProfit    *TakeProfit      `json:"take_profit"`
-	StopLoss      *StopLoss        `json:"stop_loss"`
-	TrailPrice    *decimal.Decimal `json:"trail_price"`
-	TrailPercent  *decimal.Decimal `json:"trail_percent"`
+	Symbol         string           `json:"symbol"`
+	Qty            *decimal.Decimal `json:"qty"`
+	Notional       *decimal.Decimal `json:"notional"`
+	Side           Side             `json:"side"`
+	Type           OrderType        `json:"type"`
+	TimeInForce    TimeInForce      `json:"time_in_force"`
+	LimitPrice     *decimal.Decimal `json:"limit_price"`
+	ExtendedHours  bool             `json:"extended_hours"`
+	StopPrice      *decimal.Decimal `json:"stop_price"`
+	ClientOrderID  string           `json:"client_order_id"`
+	OrderClass     OrderClass       `json:"order_class"`
+	TakeProfit     *TakeProfit      `json:"take_profit"`
+	StopLoss       *StopLoss        `json:"stop_loss"`
+	TrailPrice     *decimal.Decimal `json:"trail_price"`
+	TrailPercent   *decimal.Decimal `json:"trail_percent"`
+	PositionIntent PositionIntent   `json:"position_intent"`
 }
 
 type TakeProfit struct {